This blog is a collaboration between the National Motorists Association and the Keep the US Moving (KUSM) group written and curated by NMA Communications Director Shelia Dunn (with some guest authors as indicated). The KUSM weekly blog focuses on road diets, traffic calming, and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets. The NMA […]
22 Blog Posts From the VMT Tag
How to Make Online Comments to Anti-Car Stories: Keep the US Moving Blog for February 26, 2020
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February 26, 2020
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Bicycle, Bicyclist, Complete Streets, KUSM, Mass Transit, NMA, Parking, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, SAFETY, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO, VMT
Tesla all over the Map and other Auto Tech Watch News for February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020
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ATW, Auto Industry, Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Flying Car, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, TOWING, V2X, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The electric car company Tesla run by CEO Elon Musk seemed to pull in a great deal of news the past several weeks. The biggest was probably this story: Tesla, which has never had a profitable year, is now worth more than GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Combined. The […]
Virginia Tax Relief—Right!
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January 28, 2020
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Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Exhaust Sniffers, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSPECTION FEE, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, VMT, VMT Tax
Car dealers are amateurs when it comes to the bait-and-switch. The true masters of this art are politicians such as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He tantalizes empty-pocketed taxpayers whose pockets are empty, with lower taxes in exchange for higher ones. Of course, he doesn’t quite put it that way, much less explain what he’s up to, […]
Driving in America: Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates Update
November 8, 2019
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ATFI, Congestion Pricing, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, LEGISLATION, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, Technology, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VMT
Editor’s Note: The National Motorists Association and the Alliance for Toll-free Interstates or ATFI are in agreement about tolls. ATFI recently emailed this newsletter out to supporters, outlining the latest tolling in America news from the summer and fall of 2019. The NMA has permission to repost its email newsletter in the Driving in America […]
The Road User Charge by Any Other Name: NMA E-Newsletter #555
September 2, 2019
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Electric Vehicle, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS TRACKING, Infrastructure, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax
We recently completed a series of newsletters (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) about the renewed calls for levying a set of surcharges–or thinly disguised taxes–on motorists to help rescue the Federal Highway Trust Fund. National calls are picking up in momentum for the implementation of a system of travel fees layered on top […]
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